Huntress needs a crosshair

For beginners. I let some friends playing Huntress and they asked me "why the F is there no crosshair?". They came from shooter games like csgo, cod, apex and others so they are very experienced and played those games on competetive level. But they had some real difficulties on Huntress.

And I can agree on that. Even I, after throwing over 20k hatchets I still have issues to be pinpoint on the center of the screen and it takes some games to warm up.

At least give her a crosshair with an addon. It's not beginner friendly.

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I've stated this to before, the response was pretty much "you'll figure it out" I think that even if a blip of one showed as it reached full power would be better then nothing, considering the accuracy needed especially at range

If Nurse and Doctor can get add-ons that act as training wheels for their powers, I don't see why this can't be any different. IMO, the real skill on Huntress isn't aim, but rather knowing when it's appropriate to take out the hatchet to begin with.

The way I see it, if this is something you can solve with a little mark you make yourself, may as well just make it an actual thing in-game. Just have it be something you can toggle on/off in the Options.

I TRIED that approach, but I tried using a little piece of duct tape since I dont wanna use a marker on my expensive monitors... Eventually I just got the hang of NOT using tape, since lining up a piece of tape JUST right is kinda annoying.

I say just give her a training wheels addon. might sound stupid to not just add it by default but i believe one of the reasons she's able to be as powerful as she is is by not giving a dedicated indicator to where she will land her hits. Let me explain :

If we give her a dedicated indicator, lets say a crosshair or an arc which shows where it will land, people will use this to both suplement their own skill, to learn her, and to actively see where they can hit, expecially if its an arc showing exactly where it will land. this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it artificially lowers the skill cap to a point where you'd effectively be able to see the hitboxes of objects due to it showing where it would land.

if its a simple crosshair that shows the angle of a fully charged hatchet? i don't mind that in the slightest. but anything more and you'd be actively buffing her in ways that would i feel restrict her from being buffed in other more neccessary ways. ie if you make her easier to play, she will need less buffs in areas that count like her chase potential without hatchets.

Add a 1% speed boost for every hatchet she's missing up until 5 hatchets. a crosshair would be nice too, but if its an arc or anything more, tie it to a new brown addon. also iridecent head should automatically remove any crosshair.

TLDR: tie it to an addon, or make it a very limited crosshair. also buff her in ways she needs to be buffed.

They should Replace "Pungent Phial" with a Crosshair granting add-on. For the longest time I always felt that this particular add-on was made during Huntresses development as a way for players to see hatchet auras in lockers, because they initially didn't intend to make that part of her base kit when she runs out of hatchets. When her final version came out with it integrated as part of her base kit though, instead of reworking it to do something else, they just lazily left it in despite it being utterly pointless on her... especially for a rare add-on. No Huntress player I know even uses this worthless thing, and they cringe every time they have to spend BP on it in order to get the stuff they actually want.

I also believe all add-on's that give players an idea of where their killers powers will land should be Common (Brown) add-on's to help new players learn the killer. The biggest issue with Huntresses aim is that the point of the crosshair is actually lower on the y axis than where it would intersect with x in the center of the screen. Players have to tilt their head up a little in order to aim properly, and many new players have a hard time wrapping their head around this. Having a common crosshair add-on to illustrate this would be great for new players, and players who haven't played her in a while and need a quick warm up to refresh their memory.

Seriously, of all her add-on's, "Pungent Phial" is just the worst and either needs to be changed to something worthy of being a Rare add-on, or replaced entirely.

I'm ok with this suggestion, but know that there's the possibility to use overlay crosshairs, and if I remember right devs are ok with that (and since they don't interfere with the game, EAC shouldn't flag them).

When I first started with the Huntress I used Custom Desktop Logo, but there are many apps for that.

I play on the PS4. Even if I wanted to, I would get my ass kicked if I placed anything on the TV screen. Even "just practice, you'll get used to it" isn't true, because I'm not always sitting in the same spot. Looking at the screen from a different angle throws everything off, changing where it feels like center should be located.

I absolutely hate playing Huntress. An option that can be toggled that helps with aiming, or even an add-on that provides help with aiming, would be most appreciated.

I'm not saying she isn't good, she definitely has all the timings, tile layouts, and what she can throw over down to a T. However, watching her make minute corrections to thread between three different openings at long range is a bit suspect.

Need is a strong word. I definitely wouldn't be against a common add-on that adds one, but the sooner you can learn to play without one the better. I can let the team know, but I can't guarantee it would be any time soon (if ever). We're a little bit booked up with the Nurse add-on changes at the moment.